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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new initiative to help improve care for patients while they are in the hospital and after they are discharged. Doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can now apply to participate in a new program known as the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement [...]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has begun distributing nearly $10 million to physicians across the U.S. who participate in Humana’s Provider Quality Rewards Program. Approximately 2,800 physician practices will receive payments of as much as $175,000 in recognition of performance improvements their practices made during 2010 related to improved outcomes for Humana’s Medicare members. [...]
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ALBANY, N.Y. — CDPHP today announced that its nationally-recognized patient-centered medical home pilot resulted in dramatic declines in medical cost growth at three local physician practices. The pilot, designed to help physician practices transform their processes, improve care, and increase reimbursement for primary care physicians, showed that important opportunities exist to improve primary care in [...]
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Med-Vantage® Inc — a healthcare software solutions company, offering innovative and distinctive solutions for consumer transparency, provider performance management, and personal health management — today announced the release of their Member Out-of-Pocket-Cost Estimator. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is the first customer to launch the solution, delivering it as a standalone tool as well as [...]
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SCHENECTADY, NY – Through an unprecedented collaboration with CDPHP and MVP Health Care, Ellis Medicine is essentially guaranteeing the quality of its care. Under this unique program, if a patient undergoes coronary artery bypass (CABG) at Ellis and is readmitted to the hospital for related complications within 90 days of discharge, Ellis will share with [...]
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HealthPartners today announced that primary and specialty care groups earned more than $700,000 for meeting quality measures on care and patient satisfaction. The bonuses are part of the pay-for-performance program which will pay out a total of $28.4 million for goals met in 2009. That’s a significant increase from last year, when the [...]
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has partnered with 15 physician practice groups to build the state’s largest Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative with 31 sites. Ten additional practices are slated to open in 2011. More than 25,000 BlueCross members from Memphis to Bristol as well as individuals covered by competing health plans will [...]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM – News) and Norton Healthcare, both based in Louisville, Ky., have been working together to launch the region’s first commercial Accountable Care Organization (ACO). The Norton-Humana partnership began in early 2010. An ACO model establishes incentives for health systems to increase quality and efficiency, better coordinate patient care, eliminate [...]
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BLOOMFIELD, Conn., November 09, 2010 – CIGNA (NYSE: CI) announced today that it will expand access to its CIGNA Cost of Care Estimator® through four of the largest health information networks in the U.S.: Availity, NaviNet, Passport Health Communications Inc. and RealMed (an Availity Company). These companies service 90 percent of America’s physician practices, hospitals, [...]
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